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for california. the review continues and everybody's just waiting for the con fir ration. >> nomar: one more look here. it looks like they have come to the conclusion, it is an out here. got him on the knee. >> karl: the two teams congratulate each other. they were the two best. and the end of this one was really close. japan hangs on and they beat california by a score of 6-5. we will continue this presentation of the little league world series on abc. we'll be back after this from our abc stations.
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>> karl: 2013 little league world series, 67th edition, comes to a conclusion with japan
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turning a double play to end it and they win it by a final score of 6-4. final thoughts, guys? >> orel: just defense by japan, great work behind the plate and unbelievable hitting. >> nomar: clutch hitting. tough for me to decide my mvp between hirooka but also takagi. he scored three runs and had two home runs in this game. >> karl: congratulations to the manager. his second little league world series title. and that's a hard thing to do. he's brought three teams here. if you win, do you retire on top or come back again? that's a decision he's going to have to make. for orel hershiser, nomar garciaparra, our whole crew, i'm karl ravech. coming up next, "world news" with david muir or your local news. >> so, this is how i see it. after years of watching -- win or lose, it's how you play the
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syria this evening. will the white house take action? after new and gruesome images, abc's martha raddatz, standing by. taking on trump. attorney general and the student selling donaldrump tonight, after spending 35 grand to attend trump university. what did they get in return? and the little boy and his bravery. calling 911. >> someone's trying to break into my house. >> what he does, and that calming voice at the other end. >> you're doing good. you're doing real good. doing perfect. your mom's going to be so proud of you. good evening and thanks for being here on a sunday night. we do begin with the new threat this evening. the fierce winds now fuming the fire, burning in yosemite national park. winds expected throughout the evening and tonight, not only are fire crews trying to keep the flames from reaching thousands of homes, they are
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battling to protect the ancient treasures of the park. the fire has not reached them yet, but so many other trees the, 133,000 acres, a huge part of the park, already charred. and just listen to it tonight. the sound of the bone dry timber going up in flames. our team visiting that crucial reservoir in the park, where san franciscgets its water supply. a state of emergency declared in california because of it. and tonight, as 47 fires burn in nine western states, the biggest fight is right there at yosemite and that's where we begin with abc's neal karlinsky again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the fight inside yosemite is hot and intense. crews aren't just trying to stop the fire -- they're trying to protect a grove of the park's famed sequoias -- three dozen in all. the huge trees are among the oldest living things on earth, and teams have been assigned just to them. >> i'm from virginia, so the fuel types here are different. and this is definitely dry, so, this is some pretty extreme fire
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behavior that we're encountering here. >> reporter: more teams are inside the park to protect the area around the massive hetch hetchy reservoir. we saw first hand, the fire is close to the area that supplies 85% of san francisco's water. cause enough for the governor to declare a state of emergency and put public utility crews on alert to monitor the water's quality. >> it's still actively burning as we speak. it has affected our water and power system. >> reporter: on the road outside the park -- -- crews are cutting down burned trees they call "widow makers," because they fall without warning. further to the north, the now familiar sight, more families displaced, evacuating as the fire burns their way. >> 15 minutes to be out of our house. so we only got our kids, our animals and a little bit of pictures. it was hard. >> reporter: elsewhere, air choked with thick black smoke and ash is the problem. you can feel it. >> yeah, it's pretty bad. pretty bad, i'm all congested.
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you get a sinus infection and all that stuff. >> reporter: this is what firefighters are working so hard to protect. these pictures were taken inside yosemite on saturday by tourists here from the uk, amazed that the fire is nowhere to be seen inside -- for now. we're here at the side of yosemite that is being protected by firefighters. this fire remains very intense, only about 7% contained. it's burning hot, they're having a very hard time getting ahold of this one, david. >> all right, neal karlinsky, thank you. i want to bring in abc meteorologist ginger zee. the concern tonight, the winds. >> right. and those are start to subside a little as we go into the week. it is going to get hotter and drier. the weather is not going to be any help. you have that pool of moisture and you go, couldn't you just move that a little farther west? it is not going to make it that far. they will stay hot and dry. >> all right, ginger, thank you. now, to the crisis in syria tonight. and to a message from the white house, intended for the presidentle of syria.
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the white house saying there is very little doubt that it was the syrian regime that used chemical weapons against its own people in recent days. and tonight, more of those images of the aftermath, believed to be the single deadliest attack in syria. syria says it will allow inspectors, but the white house saying that time has passed. and so tonighere, will america act? what are the options? and if so, how soon? abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz reports from the region again tonight. martha? >> reporter: david, it appears tonight that the u.s. is closer to taking military action in syria than ever before, with strong words from u.s. officials today and warships at the ready. navy destroyers and submarines now in the mediterranean sea could launch cruise missiles into syria whenever ordered, targeting syrian regime command and control heldquarters, airfields or aircraft that might be used to carry chemical weapons.
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another option -- u.s. fighter jets launching weapons from outside syrian air space. >> the syrians have created this sanctuary, where their surface to air missiles. >> reporter: images of the suspected chemical attack have outraged the world. men, women and children killed in the most or the riffic way. president obama says he will not intervene until the attack is verified, but administration officials tonight are saying there is a strong suspicion that the assad regime launched the attack, adding that the rebels do not even have the kind of rockets in which the chemicals were believed to have be delivered. today, syria said it would allow u.n. inspectors to visit the site, but american officia ay the evidence they would likely present is like little cop rupted. how soon could this happen? u.s. officials tell abc news a response must be timely, done soon enough to prevent another chemical attack. "we are not talking about months." >> i think the best that we could hope for is to deter mr. assad from using chemicals
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against his people again. and worst case, drag us into a largerconflict. >> reporter: david, the administration has made very clear they do not want to take any kind of action alone. so, there have been urgent meetings with allies here in the region and elsewhere. david? >> martha, thank you. and back here at home tonight, and to a break in the case in texas, after a remarkable 911 call. a brave boy as his home was being robbed, calling for help. and the calming voice at the other end of the line. here tonight, abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: listen closely as 12-year-old dion murdoch dialed 911, alone in his texas home. >> 911. where is the emergency? hello? >> someone is trying to break into my house. they just broke the window, ma'am. >> they just broke the window? what room are you? >> i'm in my mother's room right now. please hurry. >> i am. stay on the phone with me. >> reporter: the dispatcher tells little dion to go into the
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closet, doing her best to reassure him along the way. as police say these two young men break into the house. >> i'm going to have to whisper now because i think they're coming in. please hurry. >> they are, they are. >> they're in there. >> they're inside the room now. >> reporter: then, chilling silence for a full minute. >> you there dion? okay, just stay there. the officers, i think they're going to catch the guy, okay? >> reporter: when police arrived, they saw the two men running from the home. the dispatcher keeping the child on the line, with a loving tone. >> so, is the police officer outside the house? >> yeah. but stay inside the closet. because they're trying to find the bad guys, okay? you're doing good. you're doing real good. doing perfect. your mom's going to be so proud of you. >> this is actually the only thing i could think of. >> well, you thought well. you thought well. you're a very, very smart young man. you did a good thing. >> reporter: amazing. and during the break-in, dion's mom says she was at the housing authority, looking for a new
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home. because of the boy's quick thinking and that calm dispatcher, david, the suspects are now behind bars. >> love the dispatcher who said, your mom is going to be proud. and we have a passing to note this evening here on "world news," a star of stage, screen and television has died. julie harris played a 12-year-old in "the member of the wedding" and won five tony awards. in hollywood, she starred in "east of eden" and she played the free spirit ed on "knots landing." when we come back here on the broadcast tonight, the big group of students suing donald trump tonight. do they have a case? [ male announcer ] this is the age of knowing what you're made of. why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing,
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sued by new york's attorney general, who says he was making false promises to thousands of students who took his investment courses. a lawsuit filed late saturday alleges trump on rated his school without a license for six years. recruiting 5,000 people through an elaborate bait and switch. >> going to have professors that are absolutely terrific. >> reporter: promising them the chance to become rich, only if they spent up to $35,000 on his exclusive classes and mentoring programs. >> they were fleeced. it that were taken. they were convinced bid very persuasive motivational speakers. they didn't get any secrets. they didn't get anything. >> reporter: responding over the weekend, trump tweeted, "lightweight new york state attorney general is trying to extort me with a civil lawsuit." and directing his followers to a website launched friday, claiming 98% of former students were satisfied with their courses.
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well, the trump school did trap the term university as requested by the state in 2010, but trump and other defendants, including the formerresident of the school, are being sued for $40 million in restitution. david? >> all right, linzie, thank you. when we come back here on "world news," the husband who just lost his love of 75 years, he is about to hear the love song he wrote for her put to music. song he wrote for her put to music. you've got to see this. hings are harder to do.ting or this is not a safe thing to do. be careful babe. there should be some way to make it easier [ doorbell rings ] let's open it up and see what's cookin'. oh i like that. look at this it's got a handle on it. i don't have to climb up. this yellow part up here really catches a lot of the dust. did you notice how clean it looks? morty are you listening? morty? [ morty ] i'm listening! i want you to know morty are you listening? morty? trust your instincts to make the call. to treat my low testosterone,
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song, the bittersweet lyrics about a woman named lorraine, written by the husband who just lost his love of 75 years. but he never knew it would be put to music. here's abc's susan saulny. >> reporter: the year was 1938. fred remembers first seeing the love of his life at an a&w root beer stand. she was a car hop. the waitress delivering the food. >> she was just the prettiest girl i ever saw. >> reporter: they were married for 73 years. just this april, he lost lorraine. she was 91. not long after, he began writing a song about her. >> after she passed away, i just was sitting in the front room one evening by myself and it just come right to me almost. >> reporter: with his song written, fred then entered a contest in a newspaper looking for the best song. the winner would have that
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produced. fred just sent his words in. >> instead of a video, we received a very large envelope. the letter was just so heartwarming and we said, fred, we're going to record your song. >> reporter: when it was done, they invited him to listen to it for the first time. >> i've actually been nervous giving someone a song that we have taken. >> reporter: they gave fred the headphones. >> tell mel when you're ready. >> reporter: fred's words, put to music. missing his love. tonight, fred with a song to remember that face he first saw 75 years ago. susan saulny, abc news, new york. >> sweet lorraine. so many people have downloaded it on itunes. "good morning america," first thing in the morning. diane right back here tomorrow night. have a good evening. good night.
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. >> you are watching the station that works for you. now abc2 news at 6:30. what does our city day after a boy is killed in a shooting. a card party turns deadly. a man shoots his daughter and wife and then himself. the anniversary of the march on washington. a shooting broke out at a dice game. a deshawn jones in the 1500
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block of fayetteville, the place are calling them cluster shootings. the others are expected to survive. an illegal dice game, no one knows what was going on. james burnham went upstairs and there was a noise. >> at the daughter went upstairs the people inside the house heard a gun shot. she suffered a wound to the upper body. >> we tried to talk reds out. they went in and found the husband and wife dead from a
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suicide. they had domestic problems. hours ago in the 4000 block of norfolk avenue, they man was shot and taken to the hospital where he died. all he wanted was peace and that his children wouldn't be judged by the color of their skin. martin luther king, baltimore did it again, a day of speeches. much remains unfinished. watch at 11:00 about the 50th anry anniversary and the march 
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on washington. tuesday wednesday is different. look at this shot. it is gorgeous. mostly sunny. 79, 80 downtown. we will have the 60s and not a cloud in the sky. it is a beautiful sky tonight. we will get up to 60 tonight and 80s tomorrow afternoon. go to the west, it will push to 100 degrees. more coming up. here we go. thousandsthousands came, you will make friends the rest of

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